Lazygit crashes on start

[jwezel]

Describe the bug

Lazygit crashed on newly cloned repo.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Type lazygit on shell
2. Error message occurs

2025/11/11 11:47:04 An error occurred! Please create an issue at: https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/issues

*fs.PathError chdir /c/Projects/arcgis: The system cannot find the path specified.
/home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/utils/errors.go:13 (0x14b693e)
/home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/commands/git.go:70 (0x14b693f)
/home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/gui/gui.go:305 (0x1672f3e)
/home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/gui/gui.go:843 (0x1677aaa)
/home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/gui/gui.go:864 (0x1677f88)
/home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/utils/utils.go:80 (0x123a276)
/home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/gui/gui.go:863 (0x1677ebf)
/home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/app/app.go:277 (0x16da55a)
/home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/app/app.go:48 (0x16da4ea)
/home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/pkg/app/entry_point.go:172 (0x16dc806)
/home/runner/work/lazygit/lazygit/main.go:23 (0x16ddb98)
/opt/hostedtoolcache/go/1.24.7/x64/src/internal/runtime/atomic/types.go:194 (0xe767fd)
/opt/hostedtoolcache/go/1.24.7/x64/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1700 (0xeb1a81)

Expected behavior

The UI of lazygit should occur.

Version info:

• commit=3de12b7fde56cec5d0fc27b1986180c27e50d971, build date=2025-09-17T18:42:05Z, build source=binaryRelease, version=0.55.1, os=windows, arch=amd64, git version=2.51.0
• git version 2.51.0

Additional context

This happens when starting lazygit from within a bash shell in mintty. Starting it in cmd.exe does not cause any problems.

[mark2185]

Are you able to access /c/Projects/arcgis from mintty? Does this happen when you open lazygit from within a repo or from outside of one?

[jwezel]

Yes, git cli has no problems with /c/Projects/arcgis. The problem occurred within the repo.

However it does make a difference whether starting lazygit from within mintty or cmd. From cmd it does work, from mintty it doesn't.

[jwezel]

OK, problem located. The MSYS Version of Git only reports paths in Unix mode (C:\Project\p1 → /c/project/p1). Lazygit obviously can't handle paths in this notation.

Solution: Use Git for Windows Installation or a Git version that came with a Git GUI tool you installed. Scan the disk for git.exe and use that.